Valparaiso University

2005: Saw action in 46 games for Valpo drawing 37 starts ... hit a career-best .285 ... drove in 22 runs ... had nine doubles ... posted seven multi-hit games, including two three-hit contests ... recorded a .364 on base percentage ... drove in three runs against Western Illinois ... named to the Mid-Continent Conference All-Academic Team.

2004: Appeared in 24 games for the Crusaders, making 16 starts ... drove in eight runs ... hit one homer ... tallied a .314 on base percentage ... had a .983 fielding mark.

2003: Appeared in seven games before suffering a season-ending hip injury ... started three games ... drove in three runs.

Prep: Led Warriors to a state runner-up finish in 2002 ... a four-year letterwinner ...a First Team All-Southeast Conference catcher as a senior.

Personal: Matthew is the son of Jerry and Nancy Augustine ... majors are biology and chemistry ... born March 23, 1984.